Liquid-dispensing device.



H. G; CORDLEY.

LIQUID DISPENSING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, 1917- O0 1 9 11 um 2 M M d w m 0Q D1 HENRY G. GORDLEY, 0F GLEN RIDGE, NEW JERSEY.

LIQUID-DISPENSING DEVICE.

Application file'd January 19, 1917. Serial No. 143,339.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. CoRDLEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Glen Ridge, in the county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid-Dispensing Devices, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to liquid dispensing devices and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive device for dispensing liquid from an inverted bottle by which a measured quantity may be delivered upon a single actuation of the device, and which will be secured to the bottle before it is inverted.

With these and other objects hereinatfer explained in view my invention consists in the construction and combination of elements hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a dispensing device embodying my invention showing the measuring chamber filled.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the measuring chamber emptied and Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the clamp for securing the device to a bottle.

In the drawings 1 indicates a measuring chamber preferably of glass or porcelain open at both ends, the opening 2 at its upper end being of relatively large size, and necessarily larger in diameter than the outside diameter of the neck of the bottle with which it is to be used, and the lower or discharge opening 3 being of relatively small diameter.

Arranged within the measuring chamber and preferably in line with its vertical axis is a rod 4 carrying at its upper end a cup 5 of a diameter slightly greater than the outside diameter of the neck of the bottle with which it is used so as to be capable, when in raised position as shown in Fig. 2, of inclosing the mouth of the bottle.

'At its lower end the 'rod 4 is provided with a disk 6 of rubber or other flexible material adapted to serve as a valve to rest on the walls of the measuring chamber at the upper end of the discharge opening 3. Below the valve 6 an operating rod 7 extends downward through the discharge opening 3 in line with rod 4:, the outer portion of this operating rod being bent outward as shown at 8 and then preferably upward and outward to form a convenient handle 9.

The seating cup 5 is preferably provided with means such as downwardly extending wires 10 adapted to contact with the walls of the upper opening 2 so as to keep the sealing cup in central position while permitting it to move freely up and down.

The measuring chamber is provided at its upper end with means for securing it to the neck of a bottle. The means shown consists of a ring 11 of resilient material preferably sheet metal fitting the outside of the upper end of the measuring chamber and secured thereto in any convenient manner as by screws 12. The outer end of this ring 11 is ends of which are bent inward to form a shoulder 16 to engage the ring 17 about the neck of the bottle 18, and then bent outward as shown at 19 to facilitate placing it on the bottle neck.

The inverted bottle 18 is shown supported by a stand comprising a ring 21 adapted to support the bottle, and legs 22.

In use the device is placed on the bottle when in upright position by simply forcing the spring arms 15 over the ring 17. The bottle may then be inverted and held in inverted position on a stand such as is shown or on any other convenient support. As soon as the bottle with the dispensing device in position on it is inverted the rod 4. drops bringing the sealing cup below the mouth of the bottle and bringing the valve 6 in position to close the discharge opening 3. The contents of the bottle flow out over the edges of the sealing cup and fill the chamber 1 until the liquid reaches the level of the bottle mouth when the flow. stops as air can no longer get into the bottle.

- When the handle 9 is raised the valve 6 is lifted to permit the liquid to flow out and at the same time the; sealing cup filled with liquid is raised into the position shown in Fig. 2 in which position it seals the mouth of the bottle so that no liquid can flow out except that in the measuring chamber, which flows out into a glass 23 or other receptacle. On releasing the handle 9 the rod 4, with its sealing cup and valve, drops and the measuring chamber is refilled.

ticularly ada ted for dispensing drinking A dispenser for inverted bottles comwater it may e used for any other liquids. prising a chamber open at its upper endto Having thus described my invention, what receive the neck of the inverted bottle and claim is: having a discharge opening at its lower end, 5 1. A dispenser for inverted bottles coma vertically movable sealing on within the 35 prising a chamber open at its upper end to chamber adapted to inclose the bottle mouth receive the neck of the inverted bottle and but normally out of position to seal the having a discharge opening at its lower end, mouth of the bottle, a valve for the disa vertically movable sealing cup within the charge opening, means for opening the chamber adapted to inclose the bottle mouth valve and raising the sealing cup into seal- 40 but normally out of position to seal the ing position, and means carried by the upmouth of the bottle, a, valve normally closper end of the chamber for securing it to ing the discharge opening and means for a bottle. simultaneously opening the valve and rais- 4. A dispenser for inverted bottles coming the sealing cup into sealing position. prising a chamber open at its upper end to 45 2. A dispenser for inverted bottles comreceive the neck of the inverted bottle and prising a, chamber open at its upper end to having a discharge opening at its lower receive the neck of the inverted bottle and end, a vertically movable sealing cup within having a discharge opening at its lower end, the chamber adapted to inclose the bottle an inwardly opening valve for the discharge mouth but normally out of position to seal 50 opening, a vertically movable rod carrying the mouth of the bottle, a valve for the disthe valve extending up into the chamber procharge opening, means for opening the vided at its upper end with a sealing cup valve and for holding the sealing cup in adapted to inclose the bottle mouth to seal li e with the bottle mouth and means for the same, the length of the rod between the 11 ting the sealing cup into position to seal '55 rod and sealing cup being less than the disthe mouth of the bottle.

tance between the inner end of the discharge In testimony whereof I aflix my signature opening and the mouth of the bottle, so this 2nd day of January, 1917. that the sealin cup will be normally out of position to sea the mouth of the bottle. HENRY G. CORDLEY. 

